Posts Tagged ‘book’
A filling and tasty cheese and onion tarte tatin
Veganuary continues with a delicious cheese and onion tarte tatin recipe. Over the next two weeks, we’re presenting recipes courtesy of four-time Sunday Times bestselling authors and co-creators of BOSH!, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, who have sold more than one million copies of their plant-based cookbooks. Since they launched the BOSH! platform over five…
Read MoreCelebrating the wonderful Cairngorms
Writer and outdoor enthusiast Patrick Baker shares his fascinating experiences of visiting the wilderness that is the Cairngorms. He makes historical discoveries and has many tales to tell of his experiences in this area of great natural beauty. In places untouched by humans in recent years, he tries to rediscover an area of Scottish history…
Read MoreA refreshing lunchtime jackfruit larb
Veganuary continues with another alternative recipe from a pair of TV stars. Over the next two weeks, we’re presenting recipies courtesy of four-time Sunday Times bestselling authors and co-creators of BOSH!, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, who have sold more than one million copies of their plant-based cookbooks. Since they launched the BOSH! platform over…
Read MoreBroken rules, lost money and customers violated
The fall of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2008 was arguably one of the most disastrous events within the world of finance in more than 50 years. Ian Fraser recalls where it all went wrong for one of the biggest money making businesses that came just hours away from complete collapse. Fraser asks how and…
Read MorePoet releases first collection The Last Days of Petrol
Award winning poet and spoken word artist Bridget Khursheed has published her first full collection of work. Bridget, who is based in Darnick in the Scottish Borders, is delighted with the relase of The Last Days of Petrol, which is available now from Shearsman Books, all good bookshops and online. A poet and self-cponfessed geek,…
Read MoreSecrets and scandals in a fascinating biography
Lady Jane Douglas was the sister of the Duke of Douglas, the richest man in Scotland. When she reportedly gave birth to her first children (twins) at the ripe old age of 49 in a back room in Paris, questions were asked as to the whether a legitimate heir to the family fortune had been…
Read MoreA fast-paced historical Highland thriller
The creation of Great Britain is certainly a topical subject. Using her knowledge of the English Tudor and Stuart periods, S J Garland creates this fast-paced historical thriller based at the time of the signing of the Act of Union. Set in the Highlands, a man is sent to become an excise collector but things…
Read MoreA shipshape Boudin of Quail recipe
Today we bring you a recipe that’s shipshape – as it comes from Galley – The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity Cookbook. We present Boudin of Quail and Stornoway Black Pudding. Britain has always had a rich naval history, with food often playing a central role on ships and at events from the staple…
Read MoreTen Scottish tales to appeal to children
Acclaimed children’s writer Lari Don retells ten spellbinding fables from across Scotland. She showcase the magic of Scottish storytelling as we meet fairies and selkies, brave warriors and courageous girls, in spellbinding tales from Scotland, from Orkney and Skye to Perthshire and the Borders. The stories included are The Selkie’s Toes, Tam Linn, The Ring…
Read MoreSaving the Leighton Library – Dunblane’s best kept secret
A campaign to help raise £400,000 to help pay for restoration and conservation work at a historic Scottish library has been launched. The Leighton Library building is stood in Dunblane, near Stirling, since the late 17th century, containing some 4500 books dating back to 1504. But the building, opposite Andy Murray’s gold postbox, is in…
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